Spring-bracket.



J. F. & H. B. DODGE.

SPRING BBAGKBT.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 11. 1914.

1,129,278. Patented Feb.23,1915.

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JOHN F. DODGE, 0F DETROIT, AND HORACE E. DODGE, OF GROSSE POINT, MICHIGAN,

ASSIGNORS r1"O DODGE BROTHERS, OF MICHIGAN.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, .A CORPORATION OF SPRING-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application tiled August 11, 1914. Serial No. 856,163.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, JOHN F. Denon and HORACE E. DODGE, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, Michigan, and Grosse Point, Michigan, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in springrackets, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to spring brackets such as are used for supporting the ends motor-driven cars, and the invention is well adapted for securing the forward end of the rear spring to the frame, as well as the end of the front spring.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a construction in which there are two bracket members secured respectively to the side and the bottom of the frame, so that the end of the sprin to be attached may be carried from the si e and the bottom of the frame.

Another object of the invention is to so form the brackets as that they will allord a strong and durable support for the springs.

Other objects are to provide simple, practical and efficient spring brackets. t

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of'certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a suitable embodiment of the invention, an in which- Figure 1 is an end View of the improved bracket; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showin one end of a spring attached, the frame o the car being in section; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3,3 Fig. 2 of the over-hang bracket member; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 Fig. 2 of the underhang bracket member.

A car frame 10 is mounted on suitable springs such as 11, which may indicate the forward end of the rear spring, for example.

The bracket of the present invention comprises two members 12 and 13, the member 12 constituting an over-hanging portion, and the member 13 constituting an under-hanging portion. Preferably each of the bracket members is composed of pressed steel stampings. These are formed so as'to give maximum strength.

The bracket member 12 comprises a foot 14, from which extends a transversely 4sents a hollow 22.

arched over-hang portion 15, at the end of which there is an ear 16. Preferably the ear extends in opposite direction to the foot 1-1, and the base of the ear 17 closes the outer end of the concavity formed by archmg the over-hang portion 15.

f he bracket member 13 comprises a foot 18, from which extends backwardly a transversely arched under-hang portion 19, the arch, however, being preferably narrower than the width of said portion 19, as shown at 20 Fig. 1. Extending from the outer end of the under-hang portion 19 is an ear 21, said ear extending substantially at rightangles to the plane of the foot 1S, so that transversely the said bracket member 13 pre- 'l'he foot 14 of the bracket member 12 is secured to the side of the frame 10 as by rivets 27, While the foot 18 of the other bracket member is secured to the underside of the said frame 10 so that the portion 19 thereof hangs downwardly below the frame, while its* ear 21 extends up- Wardly toward the bracket member 12. The said ears 16 and 21 are perforated to receive the bolt or pivot 23, the head 24 of which is preferably located against the ear 16, while a nut 25 may be screwed onto the other end .of the bolt or pin, it being located in the space or recess in the bracket member 13. l 4It will be seenthat by the described construction the load is distributed over the top and bottom sections of the frame 10, and the bracket members being specially constructed with a view to strength, a good su port is provided.

referably there is applied to the outer end of the bolt or pin 23 a grease cup such. as 26, to supply lubricant to the enga ng surfaces of the bolt or pivot and eye o the spring.

What we claim as new is 1. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, two separate bracket members, secured one to the side of the frame and one underneath of it, and means at the respective ends of the said bracket members for supporting an end of the horizontal spring bolt or pin. y

2. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, two bracket members, each composed of pressed steel, secured one to the side of the fr me and one underneath of it, and means attire ends of the bracket ment bers for supporting the horizontal spring bolt or pin.

3. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, tWo bracket members, secured one to the side of the frame and one underneath of it, and each being-arched transversely, and means at the ends of the bracket members for supporting the horizontal spring bolt or pin.

4. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, two bracket members, secured one to the side of the frame and one underneath of it and each being arched transversely, and means at the ends ofthe bracket members for supporting the horizontal spring bolt or pin, the arched ortions of said bracket members exten 'ng from the points of attachment thereof t0- ward said spring supporting means.

5. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, a pressed steel bracket member, comprising a foot secured to the side of said frame, a transversely and upwardly arched over-hanging portion extendin from said foot and a depending perforated ear at the outer end of said over-hanging portion, a lower pressed steel bracket member, comprising a foot secured to the underside of said frame, a transversely and downwardly arched under-hanging portion extending from its foot downwardly, and an u -standing perforated ear on the lower end oi) said under-hanging portion, the perforations of said ears 'being in horizontal alinement, and a spring supporting pin or bolt passing through said perforations.

6. In a spring bracket, the combination of a frame, two separate bracket members, angularly mounted thereon relatively to each other, so that said frame connects said bracket members, and means at the respective ends of said bracket members for separately supporting the ends of the horizontal spring bolt or pin.

7. The combination with a vehicle frame, of separate devices mounted on said frame and provided with separate means for supporting the ends of the spring bolt or pin, said devices being arranged to distribute the load respectively over the top and bottom sections of said frame.

8. An under-hang bracket member of pressed steel, comprising a foot, a transversely arched under-hang portion extending backwardly from said foot, and an ear extending from said under-hang portion at ubstantial right angles to the plane of said oot.

Signed at Detroit Mich. this 31 day of July 1914.

JOHN F. DODGE. HORACE E. DODGE.

Witnesses:

W. R. WILSON, G. U. MAsoN.

1t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,129,278, granted February 23,

1915, upon the application of John F. Dodge, of Detroit, and Horace E. Dodge, of

Grosse Point, Michigan, for an improvement in Spring-Brackets, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 59, after the word ear insert the word at; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the case in the Patent Oce.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of March, A. D., 1915.

[SEAL] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner 0f Patents. 

